TWO THE MICHIGAN DAILY FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1941 ___y .sati___v. . . z ua THE MICHIGAN DAILY Daily Calendar of Events vT-- - r..,l -r, _'ti t Friday, July 25- 8:30 p.m. "The Little Foxes," by Lillian Hellman. (Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre.) 9:00 p.m. Social Evening. (Michigan League Ballroom.) Come with or without partners. RI, pM, r Edited and managed by students of the University of Michigan under the authority of the Board in Control of Student Publications. .Published every morning except Monday during the University year and Summer Session. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this newspaper. All rights. of republication of all other matters herein also reserved. Entered at the Post Office at Ann Arbor, Michigan, as second class mail matter. S ubscriptions during the regular school year by Carrier $4.00, by mail, $4.50. REPRESENTED FOR NATIONAL ADVERTISING BY National Advertisinig Service, Inc. , College Publishers Representative 420 MADISoN AVE. NEW YORK. N.Y. CHICAGO - Boston . LO ANsGES . SAN FRANcisco Member, Associated Collegiate Press, 1940-41 Washington Merry- Go-Round By DREW PEARSON and ROBERT S. ALtEN. Managing Editor City Editor, Associate Editor Associate Editor Sports Editor. Women's Editor Editorial Staf f Karl Kessler Harry M, Kelsey William Baker Eugene Mandeberg Albert P. Blaustein Barbara Jenswold Business Staf f Business Manager sDaniel H. Huyett Local AdvertisingrManager Fred M. Ginsberg Women's Advertising Manager . . Florence Schurgin NIGHT EDITOR: KARL KESSLER The editorials published in The Michi- gan Daily are written by members of The Daily staff and represent the views of the writers only. In Appreciation To Dr. Ruthven ... W E READ President Ruthven's latest address at Traverse City yesterday. On behalf of the students of this University and many another university throughout the coun- try, we wish to express our sincere appreciation. Once more, President Ruthven has shown himself a true liberal, the same far-sighted edu- cator made famous by the "Little Red School- house" speech of several years ago. Once more he, has expressed the hopes and fears of the undergraduate generation far better, far more eloquently than we have been able to express those views ourselves. But far more than that, he has voiced the plea of education: what will become of education and true democracy after the war? His answer to that plea is the answer of a man who holds the. ultimate welfare of his country in far higher esteem than does the "all out for defense" pro- ponent. The University must resist all efforts to transform it into a war college, he cautioned, for they must concentrate on preparations to meet the post-war problems: problems that may prove more crucial than those of the war we are now fighting. THE ISSUE of an extended draft is far from settled. There are certainly points to con- sider on both sides of the- issue. We hope that President Ruthven has brought to the attention of our representatives in Washington some of the arguments for the other side of the question: the arguments that General Marshall and his backers have not had time to fully consider. We of the potential "lost generation," as Presi- dent .Ruthven has called us, are not catagorically opposed to sacrificing a part of our true heri- tage: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We do, however, want definite proof that what- ever sacrifices we make shall not be in vain. If those sacrifices will insure the future retention of our democratic freedoms, well and good. But we will not submit to indecisive theories, pro- pounded by arm-chair tacticians who know men only as numbers in a giant lottery. - Karl Kessler WASHINGTON-Criticism of Roosevelt by isolationists is an old story on Capitol Hill; but the President was never more sharply criticized than by his staunchest senatorial supporters at a recent hair-down get-together over foreign affairs. Speaking as first-hand sufferers, they unbur- dened themselves about "White House leader- ship" in bitter words. The pow-wow took place in a private dining room off the Senate restaurant. Among those present was Vice-President Wallace, who, how- ever, left early. The discussion centered on two grievances, which have galled Cabinet and Ad- ministration leaders ever since the defense emer- gency arose. One is Roosevelt's constant backing and fill- ing on taking firm measures against the Axis; the other his frequent habit of letting down those who carry the ball for him in Congress. Leading the attack were aggressive, young New Deal Senators Josh Lee of Oklahoma and Claude Pepper of Florida. Both sharply censured Roose- velt for his "ultra-caution" in waiting for public opinion to jell on foreign policy, instead of "leading public opinion," which, they declared, he should do as President. AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE of this, they said, was his vacillating stand on convoys. Lee and Pepper contended that the President realizes more clearly than anyone else that con- voys are necessary if supplies are to be delivered to Britain. Yet, despite this, he has held back from openly espousing convoys for fear of Wheeler-Lindbergh outcries that he is trying to get the country into war. Slapped Down On the other hand, every time one of the President's supporters speaks out for convoys or some other vigorous policy, Senator Lee com- plained, he is promptly slapped down by a White House spokesman. "I am sincerely trying to help the President," said the Senator from Oklahoma, "but frankly, I am getting disheartened by his failure to back up those of us who stick our necks out for him. I delivered a speech on foreign policy not long ago which the President saw and approved be- forehand. The next day I was called to task by the White House." Wallace Departs OTHERS echoing similar complaints were Democratic Senators Alben Barkley, Francis Maloney of Connecticut, and Abe Murdock of Utah; also Republicans Styles Bridges of New Hampshire, Chan Gurney of South Dakota and Joseph H. Ball of Minnesota. Barkley particu- larly appeared to enjoy the panning session, but not Vice-President Wallace. He said little, except to agree that the White House had been guilty of some inconsistency. When the group really began to get rough with the President, Wallace nervously excused him- self and departed. The only one present who spoke a word in defense of the President was Pepper, who speculated that the "pressure of work" might have something to do with the failure to back up supporters of the foreign policy. Republicans Bridges, Gurney and Ball got a big hand from Democratic colleagues when they protested that despite his talk about "national unity," the President's GOP supporters were seldom invited to White House conferences on foreign policy. Franked Racial Propaganda THE Steuben Society of America, 369 Lexing- ton Ave., is sending out large quantities of propaganda in the franked (free mail) envelopes of Senator Gerald P. Nye, vociferous North Da- kota foe of Roosevelt's anti-Axis policy. The propaganda consists of a speech by Theo- doreH. Hoffman, national chairman of the So- ciety, which Nye inserted in the Congressional Record (at public expense) as an "extension of his remarks." The only way the franked enve- lopes could be obtained is from Nye himself. The Society also is offering franked envelopes of Nye and Senator Burt Wheeler, containing attacks on the Aid-Britain program, to its mem- bers for distribution. Announcement of this interesting U.S.-fi- nanced propaganda campaign is contained in a bulletin issued by Unit No. 55 of the Society calling a meeting to be addressed by Hoffman. This was the message : "At this meeting copies of addresses by Sena- tors Nye and Wheeler will be distributed to mem- bers so that they may send them to their friends. Come and get your share of leaflets for distribution. These excerpts can be used to publicize our Society to great advantage. They can be sent to those of our race and others to demonstrate in the first instance that our So- ciety is doing something, and in the second in- stance, that those of our race have been an "THESE EXCERPTS are in franked envelopes 'andrequire no postage. We must keep up the fight to stay out of war, and this is one of the ways in which we can help." Note-Henry Hoke. editor of the Reporter of Direct Mail Advertising, also has charged that Wheeler's frank was used by certain organiza- tions to distribute racial literature. Wheeler hotly denied this, but when further challenged on the matter of Ulric Bell, executive secretary of the Fight for Freedom Committee, made no reply. Silent Socialist Treatment Norman Thomas found the Senate Military Affairs committee a poor sounding board for his isolationist views when he testified against ex- tending the one-year service of selectees. What he doesn't know is that New Deal Senators Josh Lee of Oklahoma and Lister Hill of Alabama planned it that way. The limelight-loving Socialist leader was pant- ing for a clash with supporters of the President's defense policies. After reading a prepared state- ment, he leaned back ad challengingly de- manded: "Any questions, gentlemen?" Lee and Hill looked him over. "How do you think we ought to handle him?" whispered Lee. "He's just aching to have someone question him so he can sound off." "LETS give him the silent treatment,", advised Hill. "That's the one thing that will stop him." Lee nodded enthusiastically, and the word was flashed down the line, from senator to senator. Each in turn grinningly replied, "No questions." "Thank you very much,'Mr. Thomas. We en- joyed hearing your views," said Chairman Reyn- olds finally, as the Socialist leader, his face the color of a stop-light, gathered up his papers and sheepishly left the stand. Happy Days No Defense chief can boast of more staunch friends in Congress than New York's cyclonic "Little Flower," Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, boss of the Civilian Defense program. A member of the House for 14 years, he is still a prime favorite of both Democratic, and Republican Congressmen who knew him as a colleague. One of his closest cronies is able, level-headed Representative Jed Johnson of Ok- lahoma, a House veteran of 15 years. The other day the Mayor met Mrs. Johnson, with her 14-year-old daughter, Jean, and stopped for a chat. "This is Mayor LaGuardia, Jean," said Mrs. Johnson. "Oh, I remember him," spoke up Jean. "He used to have an office right next to daddy's." "Yes, Jean," LaGuardia sighed, "those were the happiest days of my life. And your father helped to make them that way." British Plot AFTER nearly four weeks of hearings, the House Rivers and Harbors committee has at last got the inside lowdown on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway project. The whole scheme is a gigantic English plot. It originated 300 years ago, when English colo- nists began edging in on the French in the Great Lakes area, and Britain has pursued it doggedly ever since. Revealer of the plot was John H. Northrup, supervisor of the Niagara County (N. Y.) Board of Supervisors, who read a lengthy historical paper on the subject. This was his tale: England successfully edged out the Dutch and then the French in 100 years of struggle, and for 13 years after theTreaty of Paris, Brit- ish troops continued to hold the old French forts on the American side of the border, ex- tending from Chicago to Ogdensburg. They didn't evacuate until July 4, 1796. In this treaty they bamboozled the Founding Fathers out of control of the St. Lawrence. The War of 1812, Northrup continued, was purely a struggle between American and Cana- dian portage interests for control of interior trade. The British won a diplomatic victory in the Rush-Baggott treaty provision that neither Canada nor the United States would fortify the border or maintain navies on the Great Lakes. Britain controlled the mouth of the St. Lawrence and thereby the trade route. THIS SITUATION irked men like DeWitt Clinton, and in 1817 New York State started digging the Erie Canal to make an all-American waterway. Its completion in 1825, Northrup orated, made the British lion writhe. In retalia- tion, England started the Welland Canal in 1824 to by-pass Niagara, finished it in 1833, and opened the Canadian series of St. Lawrence canals in 1848, completing an all-British route to the Atlantic. STPID tu By Terence THE OLD COLONEL was a noted card shark. For years he had been making his living that way, aces up his sleeve, dealing from the bottom, or throwing fresh decks, "cold" in the jargon of the table, into the game. The boys liked the old colonel, and they stood for it to an extent. One night they decided to pull a trick on him that would discourage his practices. They sneaked into his room while he was out, and took out the stacked deck they knew he would throw into the game that eve- ning. With a pot of glue they pasted the faces and backs of all 52 cards together. That night the game started as usual. The time came 'round for the colonel to deal, and with the deftness of a surgeon he switched the decks, putting the "cold" one into the game. He started to deal, but the cards wouldn't budge. There was an embarrassed silence, as he tried again, but finally the old man regained his composure. "Fellows," he said, "I've been throwing cold decks into the game for years-but this is the first time I ever got ahold of one that was completely frozen." * * * SLIPS THAT PASS IN THE TYPE: Headline in The Michigan Daily, July 23: Bridge To Be Held By Michigan Dames And did the Michigan Dames cry "O Tiber, Father Tiber!" as they stood before the enemy. Mrs. Hora- tio, '29, at the bridge! * * * TWO GIRLS here at the Publica- tions Building, Barb DeFries and Joan Clement, are undertaking the job of putting out a Perspectives this summer. It's some job they've got on their hands, too. A good idea, though, and they deserve support. It'll give Summer Session students an opportunity to see their writing in print. They need contributions, though, short stories especially. So if you have any pet product hidden away in the trunk, dust it off and bring it up here to Barb or Joan to look over in the next few days. * * * PUBLIC NOTICE: To all mem- bers of The Daily staff, espe- ciallythe mistakes of nature on the ad staff: In the future when my bicycle is parked in front of The Daily, it is perfectly okay for any of you to borrow it providing: 1) That I have been duly con- sulted; 2) That I have given my consent; 3) That said vehicle is returned in good condition within the stipulated period of time. (signed)a Terenee THINGS Not To Miss This Sum- mer: The Repertory Players' production of The Little Foxes .... A. J. Cronin's new book The Keys of the Kingdom . . .' the circus that's coming to town Tuesday . . . a new mystery out called I'll Eat You Last . the Arboretum about six in the evening when the sun is just begin- ning to go behind the hills... SPEAKING OF The Little Foxes, it's time to throw another bouquet to Ada McFarland. I think the girl really has what it takes to go some place on the stage. She's attractive, she has a wonderful voice, and her ability to metamorphose her person- ality is remarkable. (To Barb Jens- wold, Daily reviewer who feared Ada might be typed: Trelawney was far different from Beatrice, and Beatrice was little like the part in The Little Foxes. And in Ladies In Retirement Miss McFarland played the part of a nun.) Anyway, I think she has a wonderful future, and probably the time she has spent here has done1 more for her than anything else could do. Hope she'll stick around for another year at least, not only because I want to see her in more plays,but because I thinkrit will do her good. The girl's really got a future . . . if she's careful. * * * BY THE WAY, I wonder how many of our wide-awake American youthsthave observed the sign adver- tising the Repertory Players' season in a State Street store. It's a very large sign and the central display is, in large letters, THE MICHIGAN REPERTORY PLAYERS. But reper- tory is spelled RERETORY . The Argument On Tipping Testimony, at the Labor Depart- ment hearing on the financial status of railway station redcaps has been sharply conflicting. Do the redcaps make more money now that there is a fixed charge of 10 cents for every piece of luggage they-carry, or did they do better in the old days of indiscriminate tipping? Witnesses DMoQA Oak t * J f t7 FR'g. U-S- Pat Of( .All Rt.,~ 1 = ° ,a , "There's an information leak somewhere, Lieutenant-I can never bring the fleet in without my wife being on hand!" Letters To The Editor GRIN AND BEAR IT -1 -- Students Enter A Plea... Editor, Michigan Daily An Open Letter to the University Administrators: On July 4, the editor of The Daily was kind enough to print a letter inquiring why the names of students in the University's Institute of Public and Social Administration (Curricu- lum in Social Work) located at 40 E. Ferry St., Detroit, Mich., never ap- pear in the Student Directory. The letter also expressed the hope that the forthcoming Summer Directory would list the names of all the regu- larly enrolled students. 'Of Every Student' When the Directory appeared on Tuesday, July 8, The Daily carried a large advertisement which read in part that the 1941 Student and Fac- ulty Directory contained the, sic, "Home Address, Ann Arbor Address, Phone Number and School of Every Student in Summer School." Better Business Bureau would probably la- bel such advertising 'false' and 'mis- leading' because, as usual, not a single student in the social work school was listed. Inquiries about this matter' have brought, at best, only evasive an- swers from various University offi- cials and clerks who are supposed to be in a position to remedy the situa- tion. We would like the University administration offices to give us some definite information on this matter, either through the Daily Letter Box or through some other channel. Poor Administrative Function. Unquestionably, this repeated over- sight to list the names of the 150-odd students who are usually enrolled in the Social Work Curriculum indi- cates that somewhere along the line there is poor administrative func- tion. In the light of the fact that this particular schools calls itself the "Institute of Public and Social Administration" this is unfortunate. The leastrthat a school or program which professes to teach the art and science of social and public adminis- tration can do, is to set an example of sound administrative procedure- yes-even in such a "minor" matter as the one which prompted this let- ter. We sincerely hope when the Fall Directory comes out, that the social workers will be included just like the medics, lawyers, and others are included. It certainly should not prove a difficult task to list, John Doe, Soc. Wk., '42, or whatever the An Apology To Basil Mathews ... To the Editor: I am deeply distressed to find in The Michigan Daily this morning that I have been made to say ex- actly the opposite of what I did say and wholeheartedly mean. Normally I would not bother to correct a re- port; but your report makes me take a horrible and impossible position- for me-on the most vital of all things for the future of America as well as the rest of the world. Manuscript In Advance Your reporter had my manuscript a day in advance. It is therefore in- excusable that I should be reported as saying "there is no ultimate de- fense against the oppressors." My manuscript reads as follows: "There is no real ultimate defense for the freedom of the mind and for the sacredness of truth- and justice against the Nazi, the Bolshevik and Shinto doctrine of the absolute au- thority of the state over the mind and the soul, except in the truth that man is not just a material be- ing, but is a living soul into whom the Creator breathed the breath of the eternal spirit." The First Step I, in the next sentence, said that the first step to that freedom is "to break the military might of the to- talitarian dictators" but that this is only the first step. As the repercussions of your re- port give people the conviction that my views are so disastrously wrong, I feel that you owe it to your public as well as to me to make this cor- rection. Yours sincerely, Basil Mathews (Editor's Note: The Daily's most sincere apologies to Professor Mathews. The regrettable error was purely the result of sloppy editing. We are very sorry.-K.K.) case may be. We wish again to thank The Daily for enabling us to give questions dealing with the "forgotten social workers way off in Detroit" the pub- licity we think these questions de- serve. We further hope that in the future The Daily can continue--at least through its letter box-to pro- vide an opportunity for expression of various students. Sincerely yours, Social Work Student t '.-. By Lichty ,I Learn Democracy At The Parkey,. .. REE SPEECH and the free expres- sion of ideas have long been in- trinsic among the ideals of a full democracy and a liberal university. The unrestrained intercourse of unprejudiced ideas should be further en- couraged as an extra-curricular function of the University, and it is this function that is again this week being undertaken by the Summer Parley. 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